There is an enormous amount more to the station than John showed us. It's gigantic and kind of a maze with numerous levels underground and a multi-level shopping mall at the top that seemed hidden. Don't explore with your suitcase.

This is why you are the best John, braving the elements for us all, thank you. :)

I was there back in 31 March 2016. My first time in Japan. Loved this area and was awe how big it was. And the escalators was so so tall

I love Kyoto Station! Its architecture is huge and overwhelming but at the same time is warm and cozy. And there are secret passages to find :D

We stayed in the Granvia Hotel IN Kyoto Station in 2018; and agree with your estimate of this fabulous station. You can even walk along the roof within a protected corridor, looking right down into the Grand Concourse. The Granvia Hotel entrance opens directly into the station. Just fantastic.

Loved the video! I lived in Kyoto for several years and your recent videos make me so homesick for it! keep up the good work!

Absolutely love watching your video and esp this one!

When I visit Kyoto, I usually stay at the Granvia Hotel in that station. That escalator feels like a second home to me. :)

If my memory serves me well, that skywalk/connection bridge links to complexes of ramen noodle shops with various flavors from different parts of Japan. Worth trying out if you have extra time and appetite to fill.

so beautiful urban views I love everything

Yep you know what I love Kyoto station because they have a massive Astro boy store there!!!!! Also yes very impressive grand station!!!!!

My friends and I did just the same thing on a rainy afternoon last October. Those escalators really are something.

I've been there on my trip and I'm pretty sure there was some sort of Ghibli exposition on the opposite side of that escalator mountain.... which I couldn't spend much time at because we had to be at a Ryokan for check in. But yeah... baffling. Such a huge open space.

love kyoto so much, and i did climb the stairs too.. nice view..

I don't know if it is still there, but years ago we sat in the Cafe Du Monde/Mr. Donut in Kyoto Station while Katrina was destroying New Orleans. Really cool place. We hope to be back next year.

I always miss these livestreams. But it's fun to watch, especially this one because I've been there. Yes, all the way to the top! Amazing station! Did you know that those huge stairs also perform a lightshow with moving images? There are lights hidden in the steps and at dusk they go on. We didn't know so that was a happy discovery.

Nice! always thanks!

Wow ! Thanks

john, glad you filmed kyto stn! was there 3 wks ago. restaraunts are up there near top of escalators. lots of ramen. we walked on the catwalk up there and it's a bit spooky. the stairs light up at night. market is on basement level too. mr. donut was aewsome!!

This station has been mentioned in many architectural columns. The station itself presents a stark contrast to Kyoto’s traditional architecture. It marks the new era of high rises and modernization.

Hello John! I love all your videos and I hope some day you can make this trips to guide us and ilustrate us with this unique style of yours : One to Fujiyama and/or the lakes around (kawaguchiko), Aokigahara Forest and finally more close to you, maybe to Ashikaga flower park! Greetings from Guadalajara México!

hi thats a big esculter, loverly views. thank you

Love your videos

I sat in with a big band at the grand opening on that roof amphitheater 25 or 30 years ago.

I know what I'll be doing my next time at Kyoto Station! Hakata Station also has a rooftop garden (smaller but with a mini train ride for the kids) which you access through the AMU Plaza shopping centre.

great weather by the way

Watched the previous video about the shinkansen while getting ready to go to work and watched this one while walking to the train station :p

I have climbed the escalators/stairs of Kyoto station. There is also an annual stair-climbing race.

the whole video i was looking for an umbrella vending machine in the backround 😅

Kyoto tower only 5 seconds? Anyway, I love your video. I miss Kyoto. Thank you!

Lovely station! Thanks John!

@onlyinjapanGO

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I love this place :)

@gewglesux

7 жыл бұрын

No worries!!! i wish i could come back this summer... but i have friends in Europe to visit.

love it!

Hey, glad you made it to Kyoto safe. Can't wait to see more videos about Kyoto so I can learn a little bit more before going! Shoutout for "Miss Clark" and "Kana" for the $5 superchat!

You really really need some sort of umbrella backpack or hands free umbrella. Saying that not based on just this one video. But anyway, great format, this streaming one. You've got the experience and charisma to make it work just nicely. Thank you for making those.

Kyoto is the most beautiful i would like to visit

Just saw this awesome video! Have you been to the Toji Temple Flea Market? It's awesome. They have it only the 21st of the month. If you have a chance, go there. You'll love it!

i love your spirit man!

Do more vlogs and live streaming vids pls, I'm in love with ur vids.

日本人のYou Tubeを見るよりも、ある意味面白い！John最高(^^♪

I remember your first video of the escalators here and knew they had a quirk but forgot what it was until you got to the middle.... Sorry you got wet but at least you had a cap today.

I went there in 2009 !!! It still looks the same.

You should try Osaka station escalator. Jeez I was tired trying to get up and it was doing all the work for me.

5:13 This is where the climatic scene in the anime movie Hello World takes place.

New sub and enjoying your vids so far!

@onlyinjapanGO

7 жыл бұрын

+Queenbooker thank you! I'm so glad you're enjoying the new series! -John

keep up the live streams we move to Aomori next week!

They put up a massive christmas tree in there at X'mas time, on the mid-level Iif memory serves. Pretty popular for dating couples.

@MrAqr2598

4 жыл бұрын

ScibyTravels Your memory is right. I had lived in Kyoto until moving to Nagano Prefecture to go to college. I have seen the Christmas tree in person, and it’s enormous.

It seems such a long trip up, for what seemed like 'nothing'. The trains etc are all at ground level or such. I wonder what it is made for, observation purely?

I love the Kyoto Station... it's HUGE! I went to the ramen shop area. Sorry but you wrote "1998 Nagano Winged Olympics" :) I got confused for awhile.

Do they have lifts ? It would be a nightmare going up those escalator. I wish they have travelator (flat surface).

You need to go up the Kyoto tower at night. The view is amazing.

@marktighe-crea3038

7 жыл бұрын

ettienne scheepers There is also a fancy dancing water and light show between the tower and the station, with music.

Why did not you go to the other side? Which is also very interesting. You can go from the East side across the Westeite high above the station. I was here in March.

I think they tinted the glass panels on the roof of Kyoto Station is to block out the sun's glare during sunrise and sunset. People might be resting at the bamboo garden and the sun glare might be overwhelming.

Yeah do the rocky stairs episode! Lol it will be like that bridge episode where you biked and ran up (intense)! I didn't realize it was raining... (^◇^;) it was still nice cuz your shirt got wet :D if you know what I mean XD

Me and my bf accidentally went up the escalator mountain because we were kinda lost and I was so scared at how steep it was. 😵😵😱 I was literally shaking going up.

Awesome

I will feel bit sad and lonely being there alone:-)

Wow I want to go up the escalator mountain :) To bad its raining.

@karasu666

7 жыл бұрын

its rainy season. tokyo is raining today too.

If you like escalators try the Central Mid-level in Hong Kong, 1/2 Mile Long. However, although an impressive ride, not really that much to see and you have to walk down. Unless you can flag down one of those thieving taxi bus's.

Was this a live stream? In 720p?

john do you live in japan? i luv ur videos

I heard that they have a law in Kyoto that all buildings cannot be taller than Kyoto tower. Thanks for that law, there aren't many sky scrapers in Kyoto, which helps a lot in keeping Kyoto the way it was in the ancient time.

I will be there on the 11April

The station still looks brand new. It's hard to believe it was built almost 20 years ago.

@Sacto1654

7 жыл бұрын

And its construction was filled with controversy. Many said the station's architecture too much clashed with the historic architecture of Kyoto itself, which was specious given that all the buildings within a few blocks of Kyoto Station itself are all very modern anyway.

Fantastic live stream. I would love love love to go to Japan one day. Im from dublin Ireland and I would love to see something as amazing as Japan. Tokyo. Bangkok even... great video. X

I would like to know how you make a living in Japan?? What is your work?

I am the 900th like :> Hello!!

Haha only people who knows Japan very well will get your umbrella comment/joke lol I always stay away from the souvenirs shop umbrellas XD

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all grandmas in japan wear same style of cloths

dang. I'm experiencing vertigo! 😩

SETAN haha familiar words

There's a live webcam for this

you shld have seen it before christmas..

Will be in Hiroshima tomorrow

@onlyinjapanGO

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Love Hiroshima. Have fun and say hi to the people at Shinchan for my if you go to Okonomimura. Hiroshi is the man I worked with in the video there :) he's so cool! -john

@joseph9699

6 жыл бұрын

ONLY in JAPAN * GO ok will try thanks

I'm In Shanghai!!

@xcalibertrekker6693

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry we have heard horrible things about escalators in china not that anything in china is safe to begin with anyways though. Good luck.

@srilankanflyer1527

7 жыл бұрын

Xcaliber Trekker ya I feel scared when I get on them they Creek a lot 😰

@HarryLin

7 жыл бұрын

well, China is much safer than the US generally. You can walk in any small alleys at night and don't need to be worried about getting robbed. Also, you just don't see any gun in China, even the police officers are not armed. People are sincere and friendly in general, maybe you can visit there and see by your own eyes. Welcome to China. (A Beijing guy studying in New Zealand, also lived in Boston for a year)

@srilankanflyer1527

7 жыл бұрын

Harry Lin that's true

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The Shinkansen Sequel

残念ですね雨、この階段夜の方が素敵だよ、まだ行ってください。

Well obviously you did not melt with an umbrella.

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Just an advice from someone that loves your main channel: don't overdo the streams. I know I can just not watch them and I don't but I do think you do your best work when its a well edited video. I hope you or others dont take this the wrong way.

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Just started watching and trying to decide if I might subscribe. He seems quite rude, pushing past persons and stepping over boundaries. If your in his path, he pushes past you.

@ScibyTravels

7 жыл бұрын

Not really - even the locals can push past, some people walk fast, some people walk slow. He's also apologising for pushing past people on the escalators as well (you can hear him quietly say shitsureishimasu as he goes by) He's much politer than a lot of foreigners visiting Japan.